2012-05-16, 01:28 PM
I asked my experienced friend when I first started some of these questions so hopefully they'll help you as well
There are 3 main lanes, top, mid, and bottom. Usually you have 2 1 2 respectively. In higher level games, you have 1 1 2 usually and the 5th person is known as a jungler (more on that below)
AD Carry: AD means "Attack damage" which means you do physical damage. The reason you're called an AD carry is because you start out weak but you scale very nice late-game and you essentially carry the team to victory with how much damage you put out. Ones he recommended
- Miss Fortune: Good damage all around
- Caitlyn: Far range, good early game
- Vayne: Somewhat close range, really strong late game
- Graves: Haven't tried him yet. I believe has good burst damage
- Teemo: I'm currently using him and he's really easy to play as he doesn't have many active attacking skills, just passives
- Kog'maw: One of the best all around AD carries but needs practice
They usually go top or bottom with a support class
AP Carry: "Ability Power" carry. Basically the same thing as AD carry but they deal magic damage. They are very strong but are heavily dependent on their skills and mana. They usually have a higher learning curve as well.
- Twisted fate: Throws out cards, don't know much else about him
- Brand: Fire dude, easy to use I think
- Annie: Friend told me she's the easiest one to get used to if you want to try AP
AP carry almost always solo's mid
Support: Obvious what they do, they provide support to the AD carry at early game and to the rest of the team during team fights (where everyone groups together for a 4v4 or 5v5 situation)
- Soraka: Very good
- Alistar: Can get for free by linking youtube/google to LoL account. Very good
- Janna: Very good but I wouldn't recommend until you get more experience
Jungler: This class usually hides in your jungle or the enemy jungle. The jungle is basically all the area between the lanes that you don't have vision of. There are neutral monsters in the jungle which is where they primarily get their exp. Their main job is to gank (ambush) the opponent in a 2v1 or 3v2 situation by appearing out of nowhere and you and your teammates in the lane kill the enemy to take control of the lane.
- Udyr: I think he's the easiest jungler right now to use
Tank: Obvious what they do. I didn't ask about tanks so I don't know which are good to start with.
Playing AD carry is most likely going to give you the most fun and teach you the most than any other class. Play beginner bot games with fellow friends/SPers and they'll tell you which skills to level up, what items to buy, what to do, etc. The one thing I had trouble with and I still have trouble with as an AD carry is the fact I'm squishy all game. I have to play passive and safe unless I know I'm dominating. I don't shine until late game. I would go into a 1v3 situation thinking I could handle it and just end up dying. I would continue to fight a losing battle thinking "well some damage is better than none" which isn't the case. If you're going to lose or die, it's much better to retreat unless you know you can take 1 of them down. If you can get a kill and still escape, then that's perfect but that rarely happens.
Also in low level games when you start, stick together during end of mid and all of late game. I still play with people that spread out and I tell my team to stick together and we pick the small groups off 1 by 1. Only reason I have that experience is because I usually faced level 20+s and pros since I played with my level 30 friends while being only level 10-15
Edit: After you get the hang of things, don't play bot games anymore unless you want to test something or something to that effect. You will not learn anything new from bot games like experience and you'll only get it from facing other players. If you win or lose, your hidden elo rating goes up or down and you play with people around your in-game level and game-experience level.
There are 3 main lanes, top, mid, and bottom. Usually you have 2 1 2 respectively. In higher level games, you have 1 1 2 usually and the 5th person is known as a jungler (more on that below)
AD Carry: AD means "Attack damage" which means you do physical damage. The reason you're called an AD carry is because you start out weak but you scale very nice late-game and you essentially carry the team to victory with how much damage you put out. Ones he recommended
- Miss Fortune: Good damage all around
- Caitlyn: Far range, good early game
- Vayne: Somewhat close range, really strong late game
- Graves: Haven't tried him yet. I believe has good burst damage
- Teemo: I'm currently using him and he's really easy to play as he doesn't have many active attacking skills, just passives
- Kog'maw: One of the best all around AD carries but needs practice
They usually go top or bottom with a support class
AP Carry: "Ability Power" carry. Basically the same thing as AD carry but they deal magic damage. They are very strong but are heavily dependent on their skills and mana. They usually have a higher learning curve as well.
- Twisted fate: Throws out cards, don't know much else about him
- Brand: Fire dude, easy to use I think
- Annie: Friend told me she's the easiest one to get used to if you want to try AP
AP carry almost always solo's mid
Support: Obvious what they do, they provide support to the AD carry at early game and to the rest of the team during team fights (where everyone groups together for a 4v4 or 5v5 situation)
- Soraka: Very good
- Alistar: Can get for free by linking youtube/google to LoL account. Very good
- Janna: Very good but I wouldn't recommend until you get more experience
Jungler: This class usually hides in your jungle or the enemy jungle. The jungle is basically all the area between the lanes that you don't have vision of. There are neutral monsters in the jungle which is where they primarily get their exp. Their main job is to gank (ambush) the opponent in a 2v1 or 3v2 situation by appearing out of nowhere and you and your teammates in the lane kill the enemy to take control of the lane.
- Udyr: I think he's the easiest jungler right now to use
Tank: Obvious what they do. I didn't ask about tanks so I don't know which are good to start with.
Playing AD carry is most likely going to give you the most fun and teach you the most than any other class. Play beginner bot games with fellow friends/SPers and they'll tell you which skills to level up, what items to buy, what to do, etc. The one thing I had trouble with and I still have trouble with as an AD carry is the fact I'm squishy all game. I have to play passive and safe unless I know I'm dominating. I don't shine until late game. I would go into a 1v3 situation thinking I could handle it and just end up dying. I would continue to fight a losing battle thinking "well some damage is better than none" which isn't the case. If you're going to lose or die, it's much better to retreat unless you know you can take 1 of them down. If you can get a kill and still escape, then that's perfect but that rarely happens.
Also in low level games when you start, stick together during end of mid and all of late game. I still play with people that spread out and I tell my team to stick together and we pick the small groups off 1 by 1. Only reason I have that experience is because I usually faced level 20+s and pros since I played with my level 30 friends while being only level 10-15
Edit: After you get the hang of things, don't play bot games anymore unless you want to test something or something to that effect. You will not learn anything new from bot games like experience and you'll only get it from facing other players. If you win or lose, your hidden elo rating goes up or down and you play with people around your in-game level and game-experience level.